02963cam a2200361 4500 743239123 TxAuBib 20230403120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781705236772 1705236774 dec16b03-48fc-4c3b-ac29-6163f83d522f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5417987 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Niven, Jennifer. Ada Blackjack [Libby] : A True Story of Survival in the Arctic. Tantor Media, Inc., 2020. eskimo woman survivor. wragel island survivor. survival in the arctic. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 395MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 395MB. Biography & Autobiography. Multi-Cultural. Nonfiction. In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive twenty-five-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack emerged as the sole survivor of this ambitious polar expedition. This young, unskilled woman-who had headed to the Arctic in search of money and a husband-conquered the seemingly unconquerable north and survived all alone after her male companions had perished. Following her triumphant return to civilization, the international press proclaimed her the female Robinson Crusoe. But whatever stories the press turned out came from the imaginations of reporters: Ada Blackjack refused to speak to anyone about her horrific two years in the Arctic. Only on one occasion-after charges were published falsely accusing her of causing the death of one her companions-did she speak up for herself. Jennifer Niven has created a compelling history of this remarkable woman, taking full advantage of the wealth of first-hand resources about Ada that exist, including her never-before-seen diaries, the unpublished diaries from other primary characters, and interviews with Ada's surviving son. Ada Blackjack is more than a rugged tale of a woman battling the elements to survive in the frozen north-it is the story of a hero. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-02 20:00:02. Merlington, Laural. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/5417987-AdaBlackjack.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=dec16b03-48fc-4c3b-ac29-6163f83d522f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/5417987-AdaBlackjack.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=dec16b03-48fc-4c3b-ac29-6163f83d522f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)